Dust-pan.



c. GABEL:

. DUST PAN.

APPLIO'ATION FILED M11. a. 1908.

Patented Mar. 9, 1909.

QHARLES GABEL, OF HAWKEYE, IOWA.

DUST-PAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.-

Patented. March e, 1909.

Application filed January 3, 1908. Serial No. 409,220,

T 0 all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES GABEL, acitizen of the United States,residing at Hawk:- eye, in the county of Fayette and State'of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and usel'ul Improvements in Dust-Pans, of which thefollowing; a specification.

I This invention-relates to dust panspand more particularly to thatclass having a lid for closing the same. I

Theobject of this invention is to provide a dust pan having alid withmeans for 'automatically closing such lid when the pan is raisedfrom-the floor also to close the lid and support the pan in such a.manner that the dust cannot escape therefrom.

With these and such other objects as might hereinafter appear, myinvention consists in the particular construction of the various parts,and in the novel manner of combina' tion andnrranrement of said parts,all of which will be hereinafter more fully described and specificallypointed out in the appended claims.

Figure 1 is a perspective viewof the pan in an open position; Fig.2 is aside'elevation.

l lcferringr bynumerals to the drawings, 1 represents the pan which maybe of any shape or material found most desirable. The pan illustrated inthe drawing is provided with a foot piece or rest2, so as to bring thelip 3, flush against the iioor. The side walls of the pan are curved asshown at 4, and such curved portion supports the back 5, which isextended over the top of the pan to the transverse rod (5. This-rodsupports the cover or lid 7, the free end 8 f which engages, when thelid is' closed, the portion 9, approximately near the lip of the pan.The rod, 6 has one end bent at right-angles to its main portion andprovided with an eye, or other means for pivotally'connecting; the rod10, which is like. wise pivotally connected to a yoke handle 11 pivotedin the walls of the pan and provided with an elongated lug 1H ada )tedto receive the handle proper 12. It will thus be seen that when the panis placed upon the floor and the handle thrown back the lid, owing 'to'the pivotal connection between the handle and thesame will be open, andthat as the pan is raised from the floor, it will be closed.

The operation of this pan is similar to the form first. described, I

'inounted upon said rod,a handle, a pivotal connection between. thehandle and the transverse rod, substantially as specified.

-2.' In a'dust pan, in combination with the pan, a transverse rodournaled in the wall thereof, a lid secured to said rod, ayoke handlemounted in the wallof the pan, anda rod connecting. said transverse rodand handle, substantially as specified.

In a dusty pan,v in combination with the paint transverse rod mounted inthe wall of the pan, alid secured to said rod, one end of the rod beingbent at right'angles 'to the. main body thereof,- a yoke handle mounted.in the walls of the pan, and a rod pivo'tally connecting said handle tothe angular portion of t-hej'transverse-rod, substantially as specified.l I r In a dust pan, in (mnbination' with the pan, a transverse 'rodmounted in the walls of the pan, a lid secured to saidrod, said rod,

having a crank arm, a yoke handle mounted in the wallol the panimproximately real" the lip thereof, a rod pivotally connecting thecranknrm and handle, substant allyas specified.

5. In a dust pan, a transverse rod, a lid mounted upon said rod, ahandle mounted in the pan near the lip thereof, and a pivotal connectionbetween the handle and the transverse rod, as and for the purpose setforth.

(HARLES GABEL. Witnesses HENRYP. BELSOHNER, CHR. G. DAUDEL.

